Winwing MCDU -can it be used in DCS - for other aircraft

[Cerppo]

 

[Kurisu]

cheers, appreciate it

[Cerppo]

By the way the answer to the initial question of this thread is YES 
Unoffically 

 

[Jethro11]

I hope this will be able to work with the upcoming C-130J.

[Kurisu]

7 hours ago, Jethro11 said:

I hope this will be able to work with the upcoming C-130J.

Same same, thats why i bought it in the first place nog gonna lie

Edited August 10 by Kurisu

[Kurisu]

 

Great success
Gonna be busy the next week so i cant continue developing, but gonna upload the code to github and post it here in about a week

 

[Cerppo]

Bravo !  

[H60MTI]

Tell me there will be a how to for this....That panel is cheap enough to get and can probably make it work on just about anything.

[Kurisu]

4 hours ago, H60MTI said:

Tell me there will be a how to for this....That panel is cheap enough to get and can probably make it work on just about anything.

There will be a how to on this.
Planing to write a full library and guide
Gonna post it here again when i made the repo on github
alternativly you can message me on discord if youre interested, name there is:
kurisu003

Edited August 11 by Kurisu

[hreich]

17 hours ago, Kurisu said:

There will be a how to on this.
Planing to write a full library and guide
Gonna post it here again when i made the repo on github
alternativly you can message me on discord if youre interested, name there is:
kurisu003

Still i didnt purchase mcdu - waiting for a combat one from winwing, or when your solution becames available

[Cowboy10uk]

On 8/10/2025 at 11:41 PM, Kurisu said:

 

Great success
Gonna be busy the next week so i cant continue developing, but gonna upload the code to github and post it here in about a week

 

Wow you managed to get the pfp7 working as well.      You sir are my hero.

 

can’t wait for you to post the instructions, so I can also get this working.    Obviously I did get it for the PMDG 777, but deep down I always hoped I could also use it for the Chinook, C130 and A10.    
 

fantastic work sir. 

[Nightdare]

3 hours ago, Cowboy10uk said:

Wow you managed to get the pfp7 working as well.      You sir are my hero.

 

can’t wait for you to post the instructions, so I can also get this working.    Obviously I did get it for the PMDG 777, but deep down I always hoped I could also use it for the Chinook, C130 and A10.    
 

fantastic work sir. 

 

All buttons are perfectly usable in DCS setups, I use the PFP-7 in the A-10 and Apache, so there's nothing stopping you from using the functionality

mind you I fly VR, so the screen does not have any added value (though I still would love to see things fully functional)

[Kurisu]

7 hours ago, hreich said:

Still i didnt purchase mcdu - waiting for a combat one from winwing, or when your solution becames available

if you want you can purchase it already, gonna write a clean version and publish it to my github in 2 days

 

4 hours ago, Cowboy10uk said:

Wow you managed to get the pfp7 working as well.      You sir are my hero.

 

can’t wait for you to post the instructions, so I can also get this working.    Obviously I did get it for the PMDG 777, but deep down I always hoped I could also use it for the Chinook, C130 and A10.    
 

fantastic work sir. 

Its the PFP 3N actually, but should work with the pfp 7 all the same

 

[Cerppo]

4 hours ago, Cowboy10uk said:

Wow you managed to get the pfp7 working as well.      You sir are my hero.

 

can’t wait for you to post the instructions, so I can also get this working.    Obviously I did get it for the PMDG 777, but deep down I always hoped I could also use it for the Chinook, C130 and A10.    
 

fantastic work sir. 

I also own a PFP7, so i'm curious to see what Kurisu did to get the PFP3 work, as i would be able to either clone or adapt the mcdu-dotnet lib i used to get the A10C work with the A320 Mcdu. 

Should come sooner  as he updated the Lib to now handle the 777 too ! 

Edited August 12 by Cerppo

[Kurisu]

https://github.com/Kurisu003/OpenFlightPanel

There you go. Found a bit of time today
 

Edited August 12 by Kurisu

[Cerppo]

On 8/9/2025 at 11:49 PM, Cerppo said:

By the way the answer to the initial question of this thread is YES 
Unoffically 

 

Mcdu-dotnet lib i use was updated by vradar and now handles PFP7 ( and 3N but i cannot test on this one ) .  I will release a version later this evening . 

[Cerppo]

https://github.com/landre-cerp/McduDcsBiosBridge/releases/tag/1.0-beta

[Kurisu]

currently writing my own rust library cause im not the biggest fan of C#.
This isnt supposed to be a "mines gonna be better"  but merely serve as an additional tool for people to acomplish what they want in the way they want it

[Chipwich]

Big thanks to everyone working on this.

I have the MCDU and PFP 7, so could do some testing time permitting. I mostly fly DCS in VR, but have been straying to the dark side of FS2024 lately out of curiosity and for professional reasons. With regards to using the panels with VR, I haven't done this yet, but it looks like you can create a mask using Open Kneeboard (OKB) and toggle a passthrough window to use the panel when needed. To take it further, you could create a horizontal rectangle showing your keyboard and any other peripherals like a Stream Deck or WW CDU. Press a HOTAS button whenever you need to input data or twist a knob. There are several YT videos of home pit builders using this technique for MR. 

EDIT: Found a video describing how to change fonts, if anyone feels the need.

 

Edited 20 hours ago by Chipwich

[Nightdare]

1 hour ago, Chipwich said:

With regards to using the panels with VR, I haven't done this yet, but it looks like you can create a mask using Open Kneeboard (OKB) and toggle a passthrough window to use the panel when needed

My HP G2 surround camera doesn't have a resolution high enough to make screens (or buttons) readable

[Chipwich]

Yeah, I think that you need a Quest 3 or newer to make it worthwhile.